The Final Maps
On November 4th, Chair Maylinn Smith cast the deciding vote to move CP 12 forward as the final Congressional map. The Commission will take a final vote on this map on November 9th.
The Commission was to have judged these maps based on the criteria and goals they adopted in July 2021.
Congressional Map Criteria:
The criteria are the standards a map must meet to be adopted.
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Districts must be as equal in population as is practicable
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Districts must comply with the Voter Rights Act
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Each district shall consist of compact territory
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Each district shall be contiguous, meaning that a district must be in one piece
Congressional Map Goals:
The goals are what the Commission strives for a map to be. The more goals a map meets, the better the map reflects the Commissions intentions.
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No plan may be drawn to unduly favor a political party.
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The Commission will minimize dividing cities, towns, counties and federal reservations between two districts when possible.
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The Commission will try to keep communities of interest intact.
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The Commission may consider competitiveness of districts when drawing plans. (In conversations since adopting this goal, commissioners have informally identified Cook PVI as an effective measure of competitiveness. A map with a Cook PVI Score within the range of R+/-5 is considered comeptitive. This measurement is available for each of the proposed maps on Dave's Redistricting App.)
We've shortened this language to clarify the criteria & goals. You can find the exact language and legal notations for the critera and goals here.